WEST Cheshire College has been awarded a &#xA3;37,000 grant by the Lottery's New Opportunities Fund to help finance a new nursery at the Ellesmere Port campus.

The successful bid will help build the ABC Nursery, which will be large enough to take almost 50 children aged from six months to five years, and will be open 51 weeks of the year.

ABC Nursery will be available to students at the college and will support families in the Sure Start area, which is the government programme to support children, parents and communities through the integration of early education, childcare and family support services, and aims to increase the availability of childcare.